## Psalms Chapter 55

###### Psalms 55:1
[Psalms 55:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינֹ֗ת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician for strings, A Maskil of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor of the singing, a maskil of David.


###### Psalms 55:2
[Psalms 55:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:2)

הַאֲזִ֣ינָה אֱ֭לֹהִים תְּפִלָּתִ֑י וְאַל־תִּ֝תְעַלַּ֗ם מִתְּחִנָּתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear, O G d, my prayer, and do not turn aside from my plaint.


###### Psalms 55:3
[Psalms 55:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:3)

הַקְשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֣י וַעֲנֵ֑נִי אָרִ֖יד בְּשִׂיחִ֣י וְאָהִֽימָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Attend to me, and answer me: I sob in my complaint, and make moan;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Listen to me, and answer me. I wail in my plaint, and I moan.


###### Psalms 55:4
[Psalms 55:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:4)

מִקּ֤וֹל אוֹיֵ֗ב מִ֭פְּנֵי עָקַ֣ת רָשָׁ֑ע כִּֽי־יָמִ֥יטוּ עָלַ֥י אָ֝֗וֶן וּבְאַ֥ף יִשְׂטְמֽוּנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they persecute me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Over the shout of the foe, the oppression of the wicked. For they [Doeg and Achitofel] impute wrong [(transgressions subject to the death penalty)] to me, and they hate me with rancor.


###### Psalms 55:5
[Psalms 55:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:5)

לִ֭בִּי יָחִ֣יל בְּקִרְבִּ֑י וְאֵימ֥וֹת מָ֝֗וֶת נָפְל֥וּ עָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My heart worries within me, and the horrors of death have fallen upon me.


###### Psalms 55:6
[Psalms 55:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:6)

יִרְאָ֣ה וָ֭רַעַד יָ֣בֹא בִ֑י וַ֝תְּכַסֵּ֗נִי פַּלָּצֽוּת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fear and trembling have come upon me and trepidation has covered me.


###### Psalms 55:7
[Psalms 55:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:7)

וָאֹמַ֗ר מִֽי־יִתֶּן־לִ֣י אֵ֭בֶר כַּיּוֹנָ֗ה אָע֥וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away, and be at rest.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I said: Would that I were given the wings of a dove! I would fly [far away] and dwell [in safety].


###### Psalms 55:8
[Psalms 55:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:8)

הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lo, then I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I would wander far away [from my foes] and abide in the desert forever.


###### Psalms 55:9
[Psalms 55:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:9)

אָחִ֣ישָׁה מִפְלָ֣ט לִ֑י מֵר֖וּחַ סֹעָ֣ה מִסָּֽעַר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I would hasten to find a refuge for myself from the windy storm and the tempest.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I would hasten [to find] a refuge for myself from the raging wind, from the whirlwind.


###### Psalms 55:10
[Psalms 55:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:10)

בַּלַּ֣ע אֲ֭דֹנָי פַּלַּ֣ג לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם כִּֽי־רָאִ֨יתִי חָמָ֖ס וְרִ֣יב בָּעִֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Destroy [the foe], O L rd; divide [i.e., confound] their tongues, for I have seen [(instigated by them)] violence and strife in the city.


###### Psalms 55:11
[Psalms 55:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:11)

יוֹמָ֤ם וָלַ֗יְלָה יְסוֹבְבֻ֥הָ עַל־חוֹמֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאָ֖וֶן וְעָמָ֣ל בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and trouble are in the midst of it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Day and night they [(violence and strife)] encompass its walls, and iniquity and wrong is within it.


###### Psalms 55:12
[Psalms 55:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:12)

הַוּ֥וֹת בְּקִרְבָּ֑הּ וְֽלֹא־יָמִ֥ישׁ מֵ֝רְחֹבָ֗הּ תֹּ֣ךְ וּמִרְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wickedness is in the midst of it: oppression and fraud depart not from her streets.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Destruction is within it, and blows and deceit do not depart from its streets.


###### Psalms 55:13
[Psalms 55:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:13)

כִּ֤י לֹֽא־אוֹיֵ֥ב יְחָֽרְפֵ֗נִי וְאֶ֫שָּׂ֥א לֹא־מְ֭שַׂנְאִי עָלַ֣י הִגְדִּ֑יל וְאֶסָּתֵ֥ר מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For it was not an enemy who taunted me; then I could have borne it: nor was it one who hated me who did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For a foe would never shame me and I bore it [(but I would kill him)], and my enemy never vaunted himself against me and I hid [(but now, perforce I must bear it, for you [Doeg/Achitofel] are great in Torah)].


###### Psalms 55:14
[Psalms 55:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:14)

וְאַתָּ֣ה אֱנ֣וֹשׁ כְּעֶרְכִּ֑י אַ֝לּוּפִ֗י וּמְיֻדָּעִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but it was Thou, a man my equal, my companion, and my familiar friend.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You are a man of my standing, my prince and my exalted one.


###### Psalms 55:15
[Psalms 55:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:15)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַ֭חְדָּו נַמְתִּ֣יק ס֑וֹד בְּבֵ֥ית אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים נְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בְּרָֽגֶשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Together we would "sweeten counsel" [in Torah]. In the house of G d [(the study halls)] we would walk in a throng.


###### Psalms 55:16
[Psalms 55:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:16)

(ישימות) [יַשִּׁ֤י מָ֨וֶת**׀**] עָלֵ֗ימוֹ יֵרְד֣וּ שְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים כִּֽי־רָע֖וֹת בִּמְגוּרָ֣ם בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let death spread its oblivion upon them, and let them go down alive into She᾽ol: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
May He incite [the angel of] death against them, for there are evils in their dwellings, in their midst.


###### Psalms 55:17
[Psalms 55:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:17)

אֲ֭נִי אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֶקְרָ֑א וַ֝יהֹוָ֗ה יוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will call to G d and the L rd will help me.


###### Psalms 55:18
[Psalms 55:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:18)

עֶ֤רֶב וָבֹ֣קֶר וְ֭צׇהֳרַיִם אָשִׂ֣יחָה וְאֶהֱמֶ֑ה וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע קוֹלִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Evening, and morning, and at noon, I pray, and cry aloud: and he hears my voice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Evening, morning, and afternoon [(the three daily prayers)], I will plead and moan, and He will hear my voice.


###### Psalms 55:19
[Psalms 55:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:19)

פָּ֘דָ֤ה בְשָׁל֣וֹם נַ֭פְשִׁי מִקְּרׇב־לִ֑י כִּֽי־בְ֝רַבִּ֗ים הָי֥וּ עִמָּדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many who strove with me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has always redeemed my soul for peace in my battles, because of the many who were with me [i.e., who prayed for me, viz. I Samuel 18:16].


###### Psalms 55:20
[Psalms 55:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:20)

יִשְׁמַ֤ע**׀** אֵ֨ל**׀** וְֽיַעֲנֵם֮ וְיֹ֤שֵׁ֥ב קֶ֗דֶם סֶ֥֫לָה אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵ֣ין חֲלִיפ֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ וְלֹ֖א יָרְא֣וּ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
God who is enthroned from olden time, shall hear and afflict them (Sela;) those who dread no changes, and do not fear God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
May the Almighty hear [their prayers] and answer them, the Dweller [of the world] from time immemorial. For they [(the wicked ones, who pursue me)] do not give heart to their passing [from the world], and they do not fear G d.


###### Psalms 55:21
[Psalms 55:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:21)

שָׁלַ֣ח יָ֭דָיו בִּשְׁלֹמָ֗יו חִלֵּ֥ל בְּרִיתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he has broken his covenant.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He [Achitofel] stretched out his hands against his ally; he violated his covenant [with me].


###### Psalms 55:22
[Psalms 55:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:22)

חָלְק֤וּ**׀** מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮ וּֽקְרָב־לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן וְהֵ֣מָּה פְתִחֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Smooth were the "butterings" of his mouth, but his heart was for war. His words were softer than oil, but they were curses.


###### Psalms 55:23
[Psalms 55:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:23)

הַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עַל־יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** יְהָבְךָ֮ וְה֢וּא יְכַ֫לְכְּלֶ֥ךָ לֹא־יִתֵּ֖ן לְעוֹלָ֥ם מ֗וֹט לַצַּדִּֽיק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And the Holy Spirit answers:] Cast your burden upon the L rd, and He will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous one to falter.


###### Psalms 55:24
[Psalms 55:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/55:24)

וְאַתָּ֤ה אֱלֹהִ֨ים**׀** תּוֹרִדֵ֬ם׀לִבְאֵ֬ר שַׁ֗חַת אַנְשֵׁ֤י דָמִ֣ים וּ֭מִרְמָה לֹא־יֶחֱצ֣וּ יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וַ֝אֲנִ֗י אֶבְטַח־בָּֽךְ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[David responds:] And You, O G d, bring them down to the pit of destruction. May men of blood and deceit not live out half their days — and I will trust in You.